Pakistan says, slain Tehrik-e-Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud's close aide Qari Hussain may have also died in the same US drone attack that killed the top militant commander. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said today in Peshawar that intercepts of militant communications have indicated that 28-year-old Mehsud had died after being wounded in a drone attack in Shaktoi area of Waziristan tribal region. He said, Mehsud's close aide Qari Hussain, the head of the local Taliban's suicide bombing squad, might have also died in the same drone attack. Mr Malik said the government will continue the war on terror till all militants are eliminated. However, it is prepared to negotiate with Taliban elements who lay down arms. Taliban sources in the Aurakzai tribal region had told the media yesterday that Mehsud had died near Multan in Punjab province on Sunday while being taken to Karachi for medical treatment.